Waking Up in Post Christendom
By Adam Francisco
05/14/26
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Waking Up in Post Christendom

The temptation for many believers is either despair or outrage: despair that Christendom is fading, or outrage at the civilization replacing it.
The Theology of Play and the Joy of Repentance
1517 Guest Contributor
1517 Guest Contributor
05/15/26

The Theology of Play and the Joy of Repentance

Through baptism, absolution, and the Lord’s Supper, Christ meets you with his radical forgiveness which changes everything, even the self!
Don't Sleep On Luther's Early Disputations
Caleb Keith
Caleb Keith
05/11/26

Don't Sleep On Luther's Early Disputations

Do not disregard Luther’s early disputations, but appreciate their specificity and recognize their pastoral and theological continuity with his later works.

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Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
08/24/20

Daring to Pray for the Impossible

Prayer dares to call the impossible into reality. It trusts the One who can do all things to do impossible things. It rests its hope on God’s power and not man’s agency.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
08/23/20

Use the Pulpit, Please

When it comes to the sermon, a Christian congregation should not expect a conversation from a friend or a TED Talk from an expert. Instead, they should anticipate a royal proclamation from the King’s ambassador.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
08/23/20

Old Testament: Jeremiah 15:15-21 (Pentecost 13: Series A)

Jeremiah is saying, “LORD I am doing my job, why are You NOT doing Yours?”
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
08/23/20

Epistle: Romans 12:9-21 (Pentecost 13: Series A)

Any note on its own can be perfectly fine. But bring it together with others and they will strike a chord or a discord – harmony or disharmony. It is the same with us.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
08/23/20

Gospel: Matthew 16:21-28 (Pentecost 13: Series A)

Peter stands again this week as a model Christian. He is not the type of model to emulate, however.
Rick Ritchie
Rick Ritchie
08/21/20

Handel's Messiah: Passion and Pathos

Physicality is good. Some way or another, choose a full performance of Messiah and give it your full attention. More than one time. Consider it a devotional practice.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
08/20/20

Yearning for the Lord in Distress

The unbeliever will search for relief from temptations in worldly prescriptions and pleasures. The believer searches for answers in the promises of the One who can bring true lasting peace in mind, body, and soul.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
08/20/20

The Role of the Gospel Amidst Change

I will continue to cling to the only hope I’ve ever truly had: that Jesus is my Lord and yours.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
08/19/20

The Broken Deal

We’ve become experts at making deals with God.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
08/19/20

Lost Coins, Lost Sheep and Covering the Harlot

A truly Christian work is it that we descend and get mixed up in the mire of the sinner, taking his sin upon ourselves and floundering out of it with him, not acting otherwise than as if his sin were our own.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
08/18/20

The Help We Need for Down Days

Even as children of God, we have down days. That’s just a fact of being sinful and living in an evil world.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
08/17/20

Justification and the Sinner-Saint

This is an excerpt adapted from “Let the Bird Fly” written by Wade Johnston (1517 Publishing, 2019).
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